OK...so there is no WAY that Blogspot is still a good form of blogging (...if that's even a thing these days...) but we figured that it would be fitting to pickup where we left off 14 years ago when we left Thailand. Afterall, the dream at the time was to travel the world and have a blog for each continent...ah, to be so young and naive!
Well, from the main image it should be clear that although Lindsay and I are back, we're not alone - we have two 9-year old children in tow! We started our planning for Thailand almost 1 year ago when we started imagining what it would/could/should look like to take vacations under the guiding reality that we are God's money managers and the money in our care is to be used for his purposes...so needless to say, this trip isn't all beaches and beer!
Today is Sunday, and on Wednesday we leave for Chiang Mai to learn more about the missionary work we support up there, and then down to Mae Sot for the same purpose. We pray to be a blessing however we can. We pray that we will be able to share the Good News of Jesus. We pray that we see God do amazing work and that our faith is strengthened. We pray that our kids' lives are changed and their hearts are permanently set on Jesus. Please join us in these prayers - we look forward to sharing what happens with you!
Today was a slog. We hopped on the plan in PG at 8:15pm Friday, had a quick changeover in Vancouver, then a direct flight to Bangkok which put us here 1.5hrs earlier than expected, or at 3:40am on Sunday. We are staying at an AirBnb and arranged to meet the owner between 6-6:30 so we had some time to kill at the airport. We did some currency exchange, grabbed a SIM card, and sat and killed time for a bit.
After that we took a cab to our accommodations and like a newbie I didn't force the taxi driver to use the meter - doh! The condo owner figures we would have saved about 200-300 baht, or $8-12...next time!
After getting into our place around 7:30--it was about a 45 minute drive from BKK airport--we laid down for a 2 hour nap...well, all of us but James, who entertained himself and kept waking me up. We pulled ourselves together and left the house around 11:00 and walked down the street to a large mall to grab some food, socks and eye drops for Juliet, and catch a skytrain (BTS) to a pier where the kids got their smoothies and we took a boat up the river.
Well...that was short-lived as James was terrified of the crazy nature of the boat driver, so about 10 minutes later we were off the boat and back on another skytrain (MRT) and back to the condo. In all fairness, we're super tired, it's 34 degrees, and the sun is blazing...I think the plan for the rest of the day is to have a low-key late afternoon, grab some dinner at the mall and breakfast foods, and maybe check out a small nearby market if it's open.
Tomorrow we'll see how everyone's doing and hopefully get out a bit more :)
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